The Power of Pruning Shears
Sometimes even those of us who should know better can fall into a pattern of waiting for others to act. A few years ago, I hired someone to take care of my yard. It’s not much of a yard, and … Continue reading →
Sometimes even those of us who should know better can fall into a pattern of waiting for others to act. A few years ago, I hired someone to take care of my yard. It’s not much of a yard, and … Continue reading →
As part of a questionnaire designed to help us get to know each other at work, I was once asked my pet peeves. Honestly, I could have come up with something, but my response was that I prefer not to … Continue reading →
“I didn’t have time.” I think that must be one of the most frequently told lies in the modern era. I’ve probably told it myself. We don’t usually mean it to be a lie. In one sense, it could be … Continue reading →
Imagine if there had been smartphones in the garden of Eden. The temptation of Adam and Eve might have gone something like this. Adam and Eve are walking in the garden, but they’re not talking. They’re looking at their phones. … Continue reading →
According to The World Happiness Report, happiness in the United States is declining. I can think of many reasons this would be so, but digging a little deeper into the survey results yields some interesting age-based differences. Younger people are … Continue reading →
If you are telling people that all they need to do is say a prayer and they will be saved, you have only put them on a fresh road to Hell. If you are a servant of God, your prayer … Continue reading →
“How’s life treating you?” That’s the question my friend asked me today. I thought about it for a moment, then decided that was the wrong question. A better question would be, “How are you treating life?” We can’t always control … Continue reading →
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the guidance of the wicked is deceitful. (Proverbs 12:5) Character matters. Sometimes, we are easily misled by people who present themselves well but have only their own best interests at heart. Sometimes … Continue reading →
Mark Twain wrote, “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” I suppose he meant that truth often turns out to be something we would have thought impossible, while fiction … Continue reading →